HSK 5 · Verbs

追 zhuī “to chase” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 追 means

  1. to chase
  2. to pursue
  3. to look into
  4. to investigate
  5. to reminisce
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to recall

How to say 追

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale追zhuī1st tone, high and level

追 in a sentence

  1. 狗追兔子。

    Gǒu zhuī tùzi.

    The dog chased the rabbit.

    Sentence #818114 from Tatoeba

  2. 他在追一颗球。

    Tā zài zhuī yì kē qiú.

    He’s chasing a ball.

    Sentence #13883085 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我必须努力学习，才能追上其他学生。

    Wǒ bìxū nǔlì xuéxí, cái néng zhuīshàng qítā xuésheng.

    I have to study hard to catch up with the other students.

    Sentence #10019693 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 追 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 追 (zhuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
追zhuīto chase
  • 丿slash · piě
  • 㠯according toSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 㠯 () hints at the sound. Compare it with zhuī.

How to write 追

追 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

追 (zhuī) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 追 (zhuī). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 追

Words with 追

追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)追悼zhuīdào · to mourn追究zhuījiū · to investigate

More words: Common Verbs

专心zhuānxīn · to concentrate转变zhuǎnbiàn · to change装zhuāng · to pretend装饰zhuāngshì · to decorate追求zhuīqiú · to pursue (a goal)组成zǔchéng · to form组织zǔzhī · to organise阻止zǔzhǐ · to prevent

FAQs

追 (zhuī) means “to chase” or “to pursue”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhuī: zhuī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 追 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 追 from the suggestions. Typing zhui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
追 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.